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DC Area Politricks
November 07, 2005 ( politics )
DailyKOS has been following the pleasantly horrific gov race in Virginia, where the Republican candidate has been sending out flyers and now automated phone calls advertising themselves to be from the Dem. party and the Dem. gov. campaign office. From the Raising Kaine (the Dem candidate) site:
All told, this (ironically named) group has given $2,852,603 (100%) of its money to Jerry Kilgore this year, and $0.00 (0%) of its money to Democrats. It’s also Jerry Kilgore’s #1 donor - by FAR! Hmmm…doesn’t sound like a bunch of Tim Kaine supporters to me. So how can this group be making robocalls that begin, “I’m Tim Kaine and I want you to know where I stand on the issues.” Isn’t that a bit strange, at the minimum? Illegal? That’s up to the State Board of Elections to determine, along with possible civil and/or criminal penalties.
The Republicans have found the best strategy in politics -- campaigns are non-repeated prisoner's dilemmas, so dirty, illegal, and suboptimal actions are "preferred" -- so what if these fraudulent phone calls earn the candidate a stiff fine a few months down the road? Probably no jail-time, and by then who cares? They'll do their damage just in time for elections, and the legal system is far too slow to catch up and do anything, the election result will be final...
Regardless, the Dems need to stop whining and retaliate. Either blanket out phone calls decrying this practice; "
Dear resident, phone calls that begin with "..." were in fact made fraudulently by the opposing campaign. If you don't support this kind of outright lieing to the people of NoVa..." or pull out the same damned dirty trick in return.
Posted by griffjon at November 7, 2005 08:54 AM
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